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Leadership, Conferences and Recognition
LEADERSHIP, CONFERENCES
And Recognition
CENTER LEADERSHIP ENHANCES
GLOBAL REPUTATION AND VISIBILITY
MCGL FACULTY DIRECTOR KIM
CAHILL CELEBRATED her 10th anniversary at Villanova last year. In the last decade, Cahill has significantly expanded the Center’s internal and external stakeholders, diversified the Advisory Council, created new global programs and initiatives, and secured grants and administered endowments of more than $6 million in funding to support international business education.
Cahill established regional partnerships within the global business community and professional associations including the Global Philadelphia Association, the World Affairs Council, the World Trade Center and the Consular Corps Association of Philadelphia, just to name a few. She has chaired and served on numerous committees across the University including International Alumni Engagement, Fulbright, VSB Global Programs and VSB Staff Advisory Council. The University’s first Maymester program was developed by Cahill, in collaboration with Michelle Casario, MCGL co-faculty director, and is a model that has since expanded and been replicated by two other colleges. She manages the Global Leadership Fellows program for business students and designed the Global Business Concentration for non-business students seeking an international business credential. Additionally, Cahill has developed and led global immersion programs for undergraduates, graduates and adult professionals in more than a dozen countries across six continents. Cahill serves on the MidAtlantic District Export Council in collaboration with the US Department of Commerce and is the Membership chair for CUIBE (Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education) with more than 40 business schools from around the world dedicated to improving IB education. She is the 2019 recipient of the Villanova University Meyer Innovation and Creative Excellence Award and the 2017 Villanova School of Business Innovation Award of Excellence. In 2015, she received a Fulbright Award for International Education Administrators.
MCGL Co-Faculty Director Jonathan Doh, PhD, was ranked among the top 2% of scientists globally in Stanford University’s global author ranking of scientists in all fields. Dr. Doh, who also serves as associate dean of Research and Global Engagement and Herbert G. Rammrath Professor of International Business, was ranked among the top 1% in Business and Management. He was also selected as the 2021–2022 SUNY University at Albany Excellence in Education Distinguished Alumni Award Winner.
In addition to his role as general editor of the Journal of Management Studies, Dr. Doh was appointed area editor (Sustainability) and member of the Societal Impact Advisory Committee at the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). Dr. Doh also published a number of articles in leading management and international business journals; gave presentations at the Academy of International Business, the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society; and presented virtually to the University of London, University of Melbourne, University of Sussex and others. He is serving as an editor for three journal special issues: “The Global Scope of Corporate Sustainability: Multinational Firms, Supply Chains, and The Private Governance of Social and Environmental Issues” (JIBS); “COVID-19 and Business and Society Scholarship” (Business & Society); and “The Management of Socio-Political Issues and Environments: Organizational and Strategic Perspectives Papers” (Journal of Management Studies).
MCGL Co-Faculty Director Michelle Casario, PhD, was a recipient of a 2022 VSB Teaching Innovation Grant to continue her work on expanding global experiences and opportunities for Villanova students in the Asia-Pacific Region. Over the past year, Dr. Casario was involved in several initiatives providing students both in-country studyabroad courses and virtual global consulting projects and internships throughout the Asia Pacific. In response to high student demand, Dr. Casario taught the intensive Special Topics course on the Economies of the Asia-Pacific Region with an embedded global virtual consulting project. She managed projects across seven countries and multiple industries including banking and finance, consulting services, pharmaceuticals, logistics, nonprofits, and governmental agencies.
Dr. Casario supported IB Co-Majors and Global Leadership Fellows in fulfilling alternative international experiences in order to meet graduation requirements. She supervised an independent study for a virtual project in Indonesia and directed two Honors courses focused on doing business in Australia and New Zealand.
MCGL Assistant Director Gloria Angel was promoted from program administrator last year. She is a founding member of Villanova’s International Student Professional Development committee (ISPD) and recently assumed the role of co-chair. Angel is also a founding member of Study Pennsylvania (StudyPA), a consortium of higher education institutions in Pennsylvania whose aim is to attract more international students to our region. She currently serves as treasurer and her term was renewed through 2025. Angel was selected to participate in the Forum for Executive Women mentoring program, designed for emerging women leaders in our region. She is supporting Melinda German, associate dean of Undergraduate Business, in the development and delivery of VSB’s innovative First Year Experience program for incoming students and is currently pursuing a Master of Public Administration degree in CLAS. MCGL Global Research Fellow Maira Reimão, PhD, developed and taught two new courses last year including Development Economics and Economics of Humanitarian Assistance. The first course exposes students to economic conditions outside North America and Western Europe, discussing concepts such as poverty and inequality and covering the economics of topics such as education, health, access to credit, agriculture and institutions in developing contexts. The capstone course featured a final research project, requiring students to utilize econometric analysis on a wide range of topics. Dr. Reimão currently has research projects in Brazil, Bangladesh and Ecuador. In Brazil, she is investigating the role of a public childcare program on improving women’s labor force participation and household living conditions. Her project in Bangladesh studies the effects of a recurring pattern of temporary migration from rural to urban areas, and she has recently become involved in Ecuador, documenting how women’s associations in the Andean region have become key players in the production and certification of agroecological products.
MCGL Advisory Council chair, benefactor, and global leader Steve DeRose ’76 VSB received the 2022 Above and Beyond Service Recognition as part of the annual VSB Stakeholders Summit on April 22, 2022. DeRose is the retired vice president of Global Customer Development Excellence for Unilever, a position he assumed in early 2010. This position was the culmination of a 35-year career with Unilever and its predecessor organizations. DeRose joined Lever Brothers Company in 1977 in Philadelphia and over the next two decades advanced through the ranks of sales management, working in a number of US markets including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. He worked for a number of Unilever companies including Van den Bergh Foods, T.J. Lipton and Unilever Best Foods before taking on a senior role with Unilever US in 2005. From 2005 through 2009, DeRose was a member of Unilever’s North American Leadership Team and the Americas Customer Development Leadership Team, where he led the expansion of customer capabilities across North and South America. In his most recent role, DeRose had responsibility for developing and deploying global customer/retailer strategies, leading the global Centers of Excellence, and identifying new capabilities and technologies for Unilever’s vast network of selling organizations. DeRose has been a member of the Moran Center Advisory Council since 2010 and assumed the chair role in 2014.
In addition to his leadership chairing the MCGL Advisory Council for nearly 10 years, DeRose has participated in eight consecutive years of the annual Business Dynamics Globalization Panels; mentored five Global Leadership Fellows; arranged numerous site visits to Unilever facilities around the world, including the new Customer Contact Center in Shanghai; and coordinated an internship for Erica Chuong ’17 VSB in Brazil.
DeRose shared, “It is an honor and a privilege to be part of the MCGL Advisory Council for the past 12 years. I’ve witnessed the growth of so many fantastic VSB students who have had the opportunity through the Center to travel for semesters abroad, gain internships and participate in site visits, many with mentoring support. The Center and the Advisory Council members are so instrumental in positioning VSB students for success in their academic, social and career ambitions.”
LEADERSHIP, CONFERENCES
And Recognition
RAMMRATH AWARDED
BARTLEY MEDALLION
LONGTIME VSB SUPPORTER
AND BENEFACTOR Herbert G. Rammrath ’57 was selected as the 2022 recipient of The Rev. Joseph C. Bartley, OSA Alumni Medallion. The Bartley Medallion is the highest distinction VSB can bestow to an alumnus/a and is awarded annually to recognize graduates who have distinguished themselves professionally while also demonstrating extraordinary service to their communities and to VSB. The first and only college Rammrath visited was Villanova. It was “love at first sight” and it has endured to this day. When awarded a full scholarship to the college of his choice through the Navy Reserve Officers’ Training Course, Rammrath chose Villanova and majored in chemistry. Since graduating, Rammrath served his commitment to the US Navy, where he developed a lifelong passion for sailing. On receiving his discharge and completing an MBA from American University in 1962, he began his career in the plastics industry. Rammrath’s stellar career took him and his family around the world, where he held positions throughout Europe and Asia. Upon retirement, he was able to pursue a long-held dream of sailing his boat around the world, ultimately returning to the US and the beginning of his next chapter. Today, he resides in Florida, is a grandfather of 14, and is a muchvalued supporter of the Villanova School of Business and the Moran Center for Global Leadership. For many decades, Rammrath has demonstrated leadership and generosity within the Villanova School of Business through efforts to bolster the study of global initiatives. His keenest interest has been enabling generations of VSB students to experience study abroad and in making personal connections with his scholars. Rammrath was an early supporter of VSB’s international initiatives and a longtime supporter for international students at VSB.
At the Stakeholders Summit honoring Rammrath, Joyce E. A. Russell, PhD, the Helen and William O’ Toole Dean, remarked, “It is through his life’s work and generosity to VSB, where he led efforts to strengthen the research of global initiatives by endowing a chair in International Business, a faculty position held by Dr. Jonathan Doh. These faculty positions are absolutely critical for VSB to retain outstanding teacher-scholars. Additionally, his scholarships enabled many VSB students to study abroad and supported international students studying here on campus. Herb, we are so grateful for your generosity and the tremendous impact you’ve had on VSB and our University.” Dr. Doh, holder of Rammrath Chair, remarked, “Herb has been a longstanding and unwavering supporter of globalization broadly, and Villanova’s efforts to globalize in particular.” In reflecting on this recognition, Rammrath shared, “It’s quite nice to have your efforts appreciated with an award but it is much nicer to know that young people are learning more about the global economy because of the contributions you are making.”
